Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Players

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Wasim Akram	9.2	2	30	4	14.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	4 Mar 1999	Test # 1447
Wasim Akram	7.0	0	33	3	14.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999	Test # 1450
J Srinath	27.0	6	86	8	20.25	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	16 Feb 1999	Test # 1444
Shahid Afridi	7.0	1	31	2	21.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999	Test # 1450
J Srinath	19.0	4	46	5	22.80	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	16 Feb 1999	Test # 1444
Arshad Khan	20.0	5	38	5	24.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999	Test # 1450
Shoaib Akhtar	19.2	1	71	4	29.00	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	16 Feb 1999	Test # 1444
GP Wickramasinghe	29.1	7	103	6	29.16	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Lahore	4 Mar 1999	Test # 1447
Shoaib Akhtar	20.1	5	47	4	30.25	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	16 Feb 1999	Test # 1444
Saqlain Mushtaq	25.0	6	82	4	37.50	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	4 Mar 1999	Test # 1447
Shoaib Akhtar	13.0	3	36	2	39.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999	Test # 1450
Wasim Akram	14.0	2	45	2	42.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999	Test # 1450
KEA Upashantha	15.0	2	41	2	45.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	24 Feb 1999	Test # 1445
UDU Chandana	47.5	7	179	6	47.83	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999	Test # 1450
Wasim Akram	24.0	5	65	3	48.00	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	16 Feb 1999	Test # 1444
RS Kalpage	16.0	2	75	2	48.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Lahore	4 Mar 1999	Test # 1447
Saqlain Mushtaq	25.0	5	69	3	50.00	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	16 Feb 1999	Test # 1444
BKV Prasad	18.0	6	27	2	54.00	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	16 Feb 1999	Test # 1444
PA de Silva	18.2	2	59	2	55.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	24 Feb 1999	Test # 1445
Saqlain Mushtaq	28.5	15	46	3	57.66	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999	Test # 1450
RS Kalpage	20.5	3	92	2	62.50	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Lahore	4 Mar 1999	Test # 1447
Wasim Akram	24.0	4	64	2	72.00	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	16 Feb 1999	Test # 1444
RP Arnold	24.5	2	94	2	74.50	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	24 Feb 1999	Test # 1445
MRCN Bandaratilleke	25.0	12	54	2	75.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Lahore	4 Mar 1999	Test # 1447
Harbhajan Singh	40.0	9	127	3	80.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Feb 1999	Test # 1445
A Kumble	54.1	10	134	4	81.25	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Feb 1999	Test # 1445
KSC de Silva	29.0	5	90	2	87.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Lahore	4 Mar 1999	Test # 1447
RP Arnold	37.2	7	80	2	112.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999	Test # 1450

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Lions vs Warriors at Gqeberha, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 23rd Match, Feb 1-4, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 297/8 (94.0 ov, BC Fortuin 107*, L Sipamla 22*, K Mungroo 1/45) - Stumps

KwaZulu-Natal Inland vs Titans at Pietermaritzburg, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 24th Match, Feb 1-4, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 240/5 (82.0 ov, SM Gilson 48*, MG Urquhart 22*, Tsepo Ndwandwa 1/50) - Stumps

Western Province vs Boland at Paarl, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 22nd Match, Feb 1-4, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 401/5 (98.0 ov, K Verreynne 136*, KI Simmonds 85*, A Mnyaka 0/43) - Stumps